Renaissance and Shakespeare Quiz

One of the key events of the Renaissance time period was in 1588, the English navy defeated the

• Spanish Armada

• French Armada

• German Naval Forces

The split from the Catholic Church occurred during this time period in 1534 and was called the

• Great Schism

• None of these

• Christian Split

• Protestent Reformation

_____________________was an intellectual movement of writers and artists who went to the old Latin and Greek classics to answer deep questions about life.

• Renaissance

• Intellectualism

• Humanism

• Monarchism

The invention of __________________ allowed for knowledge to be spread easily and made books available to more people than ever before.

• the printing press

• the fountain pen

• the typewriter

• the telephone

Which monarch is responsible for the split with the Catholic Church due to being unable to divorce?

• Henry VII

• None of these

• Edward VI

• Henry VIII

Which monarch was a devout Catholic and burned 300 subjects for being Protestant?

• Mary Tudor

• Catherine

• Elizabeth

• Henry VII

Which monarch became a symbol of peace, security, and prosperity?

• Charles 1

• Elizabeth I

• Henry VIII

• Edward

In Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Hamlet, the ghost says, 'The serpent that did sting thy father’s life/Now wears his crown.' This is what type of literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• alliteration

In The Tragedy of Macbeth, as the Captain describes the battle, he says 'They redoubled strokes upon the foe, unless they meant to memorize another Golgotha.' This is an example of what literary device?

• irony

• allusion

• paradox

• metaphor

Which of the following lines from 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' contains a paradox?

• 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair.'

• 'By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.'

• 'Out, out, brief candle!'

• 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,'